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World's 20 most competitive economies

Canada has fallen two spots on The World Economic Forum's global competitiveness ranking, a list of the world's best countries for generating wealth. According to the report, "The level of productivity sets the level of prosperity that can be earned by an economy. (The) productivity level also determines the rates of return obtained by investments in an economy, which in turn are the fundamental drivers of its growth rates. In other words, a more competitive economy is one that is likely to sustain growth." Here are the top 20 countries.